St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23

figures i'll our new autumn hats and
jackets.
An actress the other day declared
upon her honor that John StetSOn is the
famous male MalaprOp of the Fifth ave-
nue. theater. A friend telling him of
his domestic trouble, said to him lately:
Il got home after being stranded with
that company, only to find my wife in
bed with peritOnitiS."
And | hope you chucked the blamed
Italian out of the window" said Stet-
son.
In street costumes are seen all the
new shades of brown, green, blue, gray
and reddish violet tintS. Moire antique
has been received with increasing pOpu-
larity, and is displayed in the most ex-
quiSite evening shades and tintS imagin-
able. The new shades of Nile green,
light blues and delicate tones of drab
their beauty and elegance. In light
blue shades these goods have no
equal. BrOcaded moire antique vel
yet and satin are also offered in the rich
est stripes and plaids. VelvetS, plain
and figured, are exhibited in endless va
riety, and will be more extensively used
than ever. All these are seen in street
attire as we'll as indoors. Stripes. how
ever, just now are the most popular.
While the two-toned velvets are richer
in effect. theyiare not quite so snowy as
the forlher.' They are, however, most
attractive when used with plain velvets
or wool goods of the darkest color.
Black velvet will be combined to a great
extent with black lace. r-
BOTH IN BONNETS AND COSTUMES.
Dress goods are displayed in rich
and elegant prOfuSiOn of patterns, styles.
designs and colors. Henrietta cloth is
shown in all the new and exquisite
shades in silk warp. This fabric drapes
in the most graceful fashion, and is
really the most serviceable dress lady
can purchase. Its finish is more perfect
than cashmere, and is in every way
more desirable. Some very handsome
costumes are exhibited in black
wool goods. These are held in
high favor, and are considered more
stylish than black silk for street wear.
The English SuitingS in plaidS and fine
checks and stripes are all very pretty,
and are very much in vogue. Some
large broken plaids, which are more
snowy than elegant, are being COM
bined in costumes with plain material,
the plaid being used for the under
shirt. Combination suits increase in
favor, and will undoubtedly be the most
popular costume during the fall and
WlHteT. however, ldilOr-IlldU6 costumes
of SOlid-eOlOred, smOoth-finiShed cloths
of fine quality will also be largely worn
by ladies of quiet, modest taste; also
other goods, particularly of English
manufacture that are seldom, if
ever, combined with another ma
terial. The new goods shown this week
SO far surpass anything we have ever
seen in elegance and style that it is diff
ticult as well as useless to attempt to
describe them in detail in the space
allotted to this department in our pa
per. At best we can only give hints
the outlines to prompt our readers to
give further and fuller investigation.
The charming novelties shown in black
lace dresses are pr, of that these goods
have by no means lost their favor, but.
on the contrary, are more fashions able
than ever before.
IN THE VEIN OF HowELLs,
let me report dialogue between two
girly-girls at a theater. They got set
tied successfully, and then fell to talk
ing so vivaciously that their nearest
neighbOrs were unwilling listeners to